When do you consider it stable?

[KoolDrew]

What do you guys run and for how long until you finally consider your overclock stable?

 

[myocardia]

I consider them stable if they'll run MemTest overnight, and Orthos or SP2004 for 12 hours, using the blend test.

edit: With no errors in MemTest, of course.
edit #2: Don't run Orthos/SP2004 for 12 hours, before you decide to take your overclock higher. Just do 12 hours for the final run, after you've decided on where you're going to keep the overclock. ~1 hour is fine, as you work your way up the Mhz ladder. Also, it isn't really stable until you've used every app that you're going to be using, and had no problems. Orthos or SP2004 isn't the be-all, end-all in stability.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Until it doesn't give me errors for a good run of at least 12 hours Orthos. My ram doesn't OC worth crap so I don't bother messing with it 😛

 

[f4phantom2500]

Prime95 on whatever the first option on the list is (forget) for 48 hours no errors, superpi 32m, memtest no errors, I try for 24 hours. 48 hours would be great but I don't have that much patience usually lol. And, as myocardia said, from there it has to run all my programs without crashing or anything. If I start to get errors/problems that I can't attribute to Windows (eg if it still errors when I go back to stock speeds), then it's not stable.

 

[txtmstrjoe]

At what "Priority" setting do you perform your stability testing, and for how long?

 

[CurseTheSky]

EXTREME overclock stable = 15 minutes Orthos Blend
High overclock stable = 12 hours Orthos Blend
General overclock stable = 24 hours Orthos Blend + 2 weeks general use and gaming.

Any crashes or BSOD's, even something minor, means it's back to the drawing board.

Those are my rules for my systems. 🙂

 

[KoolDrew]

Does anybody here use Windows Memtest rather then just Memtest86+? I've always found that the Windows stable speed is much lower then what is stable in Memtest86+ so I don't bother running it for that long. Only around 3 hours and if it has no errors I go onto using Windows Memtest.

 

[Agentbolt]

I'm firmly in the minority, but I'm pretty blase` about it. I run the Vista memory tester, and Orthos for 30 minutes. Then I run 3DMark06, the CPU test of which pretty brutally stresses the processor. Run all the SiSoft benchmarks and that's it. If it's stable there, and obviously nothing else crashes within a day or two of normal use, it's good enough for me. It runs just as fast and I guess there might be a .01% chance something will crash on me, but who cares?

Orthos and Memory tester seem to punish your stuff MUCH more than even the most complex game(s) or other apps would.

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

I consider it stable if I can go through 3DMark06 and my favorite games and not have it crash. Sometimes, I'll run SuperPi instead.